# Cement's carbon problem -- and 2 ways to fix it

- Institution: TED
- Department: Countdown Summit
- Speaker: Mahendra Singhi
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mahendra_singhi_cement_s_carbon_problem_and_2_ways_to_fix_it)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Cement is vital to modernizing all kinds of infrastructure in the developing world -- but manufacturing it comes at an enormous environmental cost in the form of carbon emissions. Mahendra Singhi, the CEO of one of India's largest cement producers, discusses his team's effort to transform the industry by targeting the two largest sources of CO2 emissions, with the goal of making carbon-negative cement.

## Lectures

1. [Cement's carbon problem -- and 2 ways to fix it](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mahendra_singhi_cement_s_carbon_problem_and_2_ways_to_fix_it/96aeddd3fe47), 12 min (TED's player)